An Indian rice, cotton and sugarcane farmer with a passion for technology is the 2013 recipient of the Kleckner Trade & Technology Advancement Award.
“We, as farmers, besides earning for our families, have a social obligation to feed our population with enough food and eradicate hunger.” says Ravichandran Vanchinathan of Tamil Nadu, India, who took part in the 2010 Truth About Trade & Technology Global Farmer Roundtable and World Food Prize in Des Moines.
With a passion to empower India’s small farmers, Ravi – as his friends call him – took the information he gained and has become a leading advocate of using technology to improve the lives of farmers in his country and around the world. Using technology to promote technology, he is a constant presence on Twitter (@FarmerRaviVKV), Facebook and as a commenter on media websites.
Ravi’s passion to feed the growing world population, his willingness to engage and share the information he has gained as a means to empower other small farmers led to his selection as the 2013 recipient of the Kleckner Trade & Technology Advancement Award.
The award, given annually by Truth About Trade & Technology (TATT), recognizes a global farmer who “exemplifies strong leadership, vision and resolve in advancing the rights of all farmers to choose the technology and tools that will improve the quality, quantity and availability of agricultural products around the world.”
The award will be presented Tuesday evening, October 15 in Des Moines and we’ll look forward to speaking with him there.
Follow the @TATT farmer roundtable on Twitter using the hashtag #TATTGFR. Follow @WorldFoodPrize on Twitter, using the hashtag #BorlaugDialogue. Follow me @farmpodcaster for tweets from the events.
